[PD-ot] Funded Doctoral Research in Music Technology at Birmingham Conservatoire

[Jamie Bullock]

Doctoral Research in Music Technology at Birmingham Conservatoire

AHRC funding for UK/EU Doctoral Research Students 
 
The Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership will be awarding 410 PhD studentships over a five year period to excellent research students in the arts and humanities. The DTP, a collaboration between Birmingham City University, De Montfort University, Leicester University, Nottingham University, Nottingham Trent University and the University of Birmingham, provides research candidates with cross-institutional mentoring, expert supervision including cross-institutional supervision where appropriate, subject specific and generic training, and professional support in preparing for a career.
 
Birmingham Conservatoire (Birmingham City University) is inviting applications from students with a wide range of research interests, including Music Technology. Supervisory staff include Professor Lamberto Coccioli, Dr Simon Hall and Dr Jamie Bullock. Birmingham Conservatoire hosts the Integra Lab and can support research in:

	•	Electronic Music Composition and Performance 
	•	Music Technology User Experience
	•	New Interfaces for Sound Design and / or Music Production
	•	Information Visualisation in Sound and Music Software
	•	Touch and Gesture-based Interfaces
	•	Music Technology Interaction Design
	•	Software-based Notation and / or Scores for Interactive Audio

For details of the full range of Conservatoire staff and research specialisms offered, including other areas of composition, performance studies and musicology, please go to http://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/research/groups-and-specialisms.

Expressions of interest to develop an application for study at Birmingham Conservatoire should be sent to m3c at bcu.ac.uk, ideally by 21st November.

The deadline for AHRC funding applications is 14th January 2014, at which time students must have applied for a place to study and have provided details of two references. The funding application should normally be submitted at the same time as the application for a place to study. For full details of eligibility, please visit www.midlands3cities.ac.uk or contact enquiries at midlands3cities.ac.uk.